TED Talk Thursday – His Holiness Pope Francis: Why the only future worth building includes everyone

TED Talk ThursdaysAccording to TED.com: “A single individual is enough for hope to exist, and that individual can be you, says His Holiness Pope Francis in this searing TED Talk delivered directly from Vatican City. In a hopeful message to people of all faiths, to those who have power as well as those who don’t, the spiritual leader provides illuminating commentary on the world as we currently find it and calls for equality, solidarity and tenderness to prevail. “Let us help each other, all together, to remember that the ‘other’ is not a statistic, or a number,” he says. “We all need each other.”

“A very popular figure who has taken it upon himself to reform the Catholic Church, Pope Francis’s worldview is solidly anchored in humility, simplicity, mercy, social justice, attention to the poor and the dispossessed — those he says “our culture disposes of like waste” — and in a critical attitude towards unbridled capitalism and consumerism. He is a strong advocate of global action against climate change, to which he has devoted his powerful 2015 encyclical, Laudato sì (“Praise be to you”). He invites us to practice “tenderness,” putting ourselves “at the level of the other,” to listen and care. He is committed to interfaith dialogue and is seen as a moral and spiritual authority across the world by many people who aren’t Catholics.”

Pope Francis: Why the only future worth building includes everyone

For those of you not familiar with TED Talks here is a brief summery from www.ted.com: “TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences — the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK each summer — TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and Open TV Project, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize”

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I look forward to your thoughts and comments!

Mandala Monday – Mandalas from the Heart of Freedom, Part 5

Today we have Mandalas from the Heart of Freedom, Part 5, a new set of mandalas published March 2017. You can find Part 1 at https://nwcreations.com/mandalas-from-the-heart-of-freedom-part-1/ and Part 2 at https://nwcreations.com/mandalas-from-the-heart-of-freedom-part-2/ , Part 3 at https://nwcreations.com/mandalas-from-the-heart-of-freedom-part-3/ and Part 4 at https://nwcreations.com/mandala-monday-mandalas-heart-freedom-part-4/. These mandalas were created during 2016 and finalized in early 2017. See Part 1 for more information. I hope you enjoy this new energy as well as a quote from Rumi.

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Now is the time to unite the soul and the world.

~ Rumi

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To see the complete set of these mandalas go to:

https://nwcreations.com/galleries/mandalas/

Artwork © Atmara Rebecca Cloe

Prints and gifts of these mandalas are now available at
http://www.zazzle.com/New_World_Creations?rf=238526469533245868

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I look forward to your thoughts and comments!

Mandala Monday – Mandalas from the Heart of Freedom, Part 4

Today we have Mandalas from the Heart of Freedom, Part 4, a new set of mandalas published March 2017. You can find Part 1 at https://nwcreations.com/mandalas-from-the-heart-of-freedom-part-1/ and Part 2 at https://nwcreations.com/mandalas-from-the-heart-of-freedom-part-2/ and Part 3 at https://nwcreations.com/mandalas-from-the-heart-of-freedom-part-3/. These mandalas were created during 2016 and finalized in early 2017. See Part 1 for more information. I hope you enjoy this new energy as well as a quote from Rumi.

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 If you want the moon,
Do not hide from the night,
If you want a rose,
Do not run away from the thorns,
If you want to love,
Do not hide from yourself.

~ Rumi

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To see the complete set of these mandalas go to:

https://nwcreations.com/galleries/mandalas/

Artwork © Atmara Rebecca Cloe

Prints and gifts of these mandalas are now available at
http://www.zazzle.com/New_World_Creations?rf=238526469533245868

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I look forward to your thoughts and comments!